Zephaniah 1:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

I will punish worshipers of pagan gods and cruel palace officials who abuse their power.

Cross References

1 Samuel 5:5

This is why the priests and everyone else step over that part of the doorway when they enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod.

Amos 3:10

The Lord has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery.

Acts 16:19

When the girl's owners realized they had lost all chances for making more money, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into court.

Proverbs 29:12

A ruler who listens to lies will have corrupt officials.

Nehemiah 5:15

Each governor before me had been a burden to the people by making them pay for his food and wine and by demanding forty silver coins a day. Even their officials had been a burden to the people. But I respected God, and I didn't think it was right to be so hard on them.

Judges 19:27

About that time, her husband woke up and got ready to leave. He opened the door and went outside, where he found his wife lying at the door with her hands on the doorstep.

Jeremiah 5:27

You are evil, and you lie and cheat to make yourselves rich. You are powerful

Micah 6:12

You rich people are violent, and everyone tells lies.

Zechariah 5:6

“I don't know what it is,” was my reply. “It's a big basket,” he said. “And it shows what everyone in the land has in mind.”